Beds pivoted to assume an upright position



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W. DESCHAMPS BED PIVOTED TO ASSUME AN UPRIGHT POSITION Filed Aug. 16, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 11 E V J Zhwentor Wilfrqd Des c ha (Ittorneg Patented Jan. 12, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BEDS PIVOTED TO ASSUME AN UPRIGHT POSITION 2 Claims.

This invention relates to beds and particularly beds pivoted to assume as upright position when not in use. The present disclosure is an improvement on that of my United States Patent Number 2,202,248, issued May 28, 1940.

An object of the invention is to mount the legs on a swinging bed by securing two cross bars to and beneath the spring frame adjacent to its ends, and pivoting the four legs of the bed individually on the end portions of such bars.

Another object is to adapt two of the legs of a swinging bed to be raised with the bed when it is upwardly swung, to pivot such legs so that they may hang substantially vertically when the bed is raised, and to provide cam-shaped faces ')n the pivotal ends of said legs adapting them to seat firmly when the bed is lowered, so that there will be a load transmission directly from the bed to said legs, rather than through the pivots.

A further object is to attach to a swinging bed a pair of brackets for pivotally engaging the two legs on which the bed is adapted to swing, such brackets having extensions jointly carrying a plate for supporting a mattress in the raised position of the bed.

These and various other objects the invention attains by the construction hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side view of the bed in its upright or stored position, showing its bottom face.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the bed, as lowered for use.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bed frame with parts broken away.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary enlargement of a portion of Fig. 3 showing a provision for limiting pivotal movement of legs which support the outer end of the bed.

In these views, the reference character I designates the springs of a bed and 2 the usual substantially rectangular angle iron frame carrying said springs, bars 3 being extended across said frame and the springs being attached to such bars, as is common.

The present invention eliminates the usual rectangular bed frame and provides a relatively light, simple and inexpensive support for the springs by surmounting the frame 2 on a pair of leg-engaging cross bars 4. As best appears from Fig. 1 these bars are similarly inwardly spaced from the ends of the frame 2, being preferably of an inverted channel shape.

The inner side of the bed (which ordinarily adjoins a wall) .is supported by a pair of permanently upright legs 5 which are preferably formed with floor-engaging bases 6 elongated outwardly or away from the longitudinal center line of the bed. These legs areset some distance inwardly from the inner edge of the bed and their upper ends are pivoted to lugs I downwardly projecting from the innerv ends of angular brackets. Each of these brackets comprises an arm 8 underlying the inner end of the corresponding bar 4 and an upright arm 9 adjacent to and projecting above the springs, the arms 9 jointly carrying an elongated plate l0, preferably metallic, which serves in the upright position of the bed as a support for a mattress H. The bars 4 are bolted or otherwise permanently secured to the arms 8 of the angular brackets and the latter are formed at the junctures of their arms with rectangular lugs l2 to fit beneath the inner bar of the frame, and the latter is riveted or bolted to such lugs as indicated at I3.

The outer side of the bed is supported by a pair of legs 14, preferably provided with rubber tips I 5 to engage thefloor, the upper ends of said legs being inserted in and pivoted to forked brackets Hi rigidly carried by and depending from the outer ends of the cross bars 4. Said brackets are integrally formed with the shanks I! inserted in the channels of the bars 4 and bolted or riveted to the latter and are further formed with upstanding lugs l8 seating and bolted or riveted to the outer bar of the frame 2. The upper end of each leg l4 has a flat end face H! which engages and seats the corresponding bracket l6 when the leg is in use said face merging into a lateral face 20 curved to afford such clearance as will permit swinging of the leg into substantial parallelism with the corresponding bar 4 when the bed is upright. (See Fig. 2.)

When the described bed is swung from its position of use (Fig. 3) to its upright position (Figs. 1 and 2) the legs l4, due to their own weight swing downwardly to finally hang vertically. The free ends of the arms 9 seat themselves on the outer ends of the extensions 6 when the bed is raised, and in this position the bed maintains a stable equilibrium since the weight of all the upright parts resists their return to a lowered position.

The supporting frame of the described bed comprises the two cross bars 4 and the legs pivoted thereto, such frame directly engaging the spring frame and eliminating the weight and expense of the usual relatively heavy rectangular bed frame. To suit said bed frame to beds of different widths,

it is necessary only to manufacture the bars 4 in suitably different lengths, the same legs and brackets serving for beds of all sizes.

Thus the construction is materially lighter and less expensive than swinging beds as heretofore developed.

Adapting the legs Hi to directly engage the brackets l6, when said legs are in use, relieves the pivots of said legs of heavy stresses and permits said pivots to be lighter than would otherwise be feasible.

The invention is presented as including all such changes and modifications as come within the scope of the following claims.

What I claim is:

1. A swinging bed comprising a frame for supporting a mattress in the position of use of the bed, a pair of spaced substantially parallel bars secured to said frame and disposed beneath the frame in the position of use of the bed, a pair of supporting legs associated with corresponding end portions of said bars, brackets secured to said end portions of the bars, each formed by an arm upmember interconnecting the upwardly projecting arms of said brackets for supporting the mattress in the upright position of the bed, and a pair of legs pivotally mounted on the other end portions of said bars.

2. A swinging bed comprising a frame for supporting a mattress in its position of use, a pair of spaced substantially parallel bars secured to said frame and disposed beneath the frame in the position of use of the bed, a pair of supporting legs associated with corresponding end portions of said bars, brackets secured to said end portions and each formed by an arm upwardly projecting in the use position of the bed and an arm underlying the corresponding bar in said position, the underlying arms of said brackets being terminally formed with lugsvprojecting substantially transversely to said arms and pivotally mounting the bars on said legs, thus adapting the bars and frame to be swung to a substantially upright position, the brackets being spaced throughout their major portions from the legs by said lugs when the bed is upright, a member interconnecting the upwardly projecting arms of said brackets for supporting the mattress in the upright position of the bed, and a pair of legs pivotally mounted on the other end portions of said bars.

WILFRED DESCHAMPS. 

